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Dogg Food [Explicit]

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Years ago I had been a huge fan of rap. We called it rap music. Gangsta Rap, G Funk, Bay Area, Dirty South, all that stuff...Kids these days don't have a clue. My musical tastes have progressed over the years and I am very intimate with electronic music now, but this is one album I can pull out of my archive and still listen to anyday. The beats here are by far some of the best around that era (the mid 90's). This album brings back so many memories its amazing. Its a shame what pop culture has done to 'hip-hop'. You won't find anything like this being made anymore.

I believe Tha Dogg Pound's 1995 album "Dogg Food" is among West Coast G-Funk's greatest albums. The duo of Kurupt and Daz Dillinger perfected it on this album. The production features some of the best g-funk has to offer, with its whiny synths, deep and slow rolling bass, female vocal hooks, and layers of smooth instrumentals. Daz and Kurupt make for good lyricists as well. They explore such topics as drugs, the East Coast/West Coast beef, women, and the laidback lifestyle of Long Beach, California. They are often aided by Long Beach contemporaries such as Snoop Dogg, Nate Dogg, Mr. Malik of Illegal, Nancy Fletcher, Tray Deee, and others. Dr. Dre's "The Chronic" and Snoop Doggy Dogg's "Doggystyle" get all the glory, but "Dogg Food" is another of g-funk's gems.

The first full song is the clique's anthem "Dogg Pound Gangstaz", which has a great deep beat and lyrics representing their group. "Respect" has awesome production, and the lyrics drop law philosophy. "New York, New York" contributed to the West Coast/East Coast beef, and it's a great song nonetheless, with a New York style beat and lyrics about their perception of the city. "Smooth" is my favorite song on the disc, with amazing production, verses from Daz, Kurupt, and Snoop, and an excellent chorus. "Cyco-Lik-No (B*tch Azz N**gas)" is a hard track slamming softies, and "Ridin', Slipin', and Slidin'" is an awesome laidback cut. "Let's Play House" is truly legendary, with a great R&B styling from Nate Dogg and Nancy Fletcher, and the funny lyrics to go over the great production. "I Don't Like to Dream About Getting Paid" is one of my favorites, with a hook by Nate Dogg, it's a very upbeat and happy sounding tune dealing with the struggles of jobs and the temptations of the drug trade. "Do What I Feel" and "Some Bomb Azz" are both laidback, West Coast cuts that I love hearing. "Reality" and "One By One" feature good guest appearances and production. "Sooo Much Style" ends the album on an excellent note.

"Dogg Food" is among the best albums g-funk has to offer, a complete masterpiece that perfected it. I recommend it to anyone who loves hip hop, because it is just a fun, laidback album that's great to listen to at any time.

This is by far the best Dogg Pound Album. This is one of the best group albums ever. Not only for G Funk fans, but for anyone who is a fan of hip hop period. I actually wonder why music like this isn't being made anymore. I mean, sure, Dogg Pound is still doing it 'til this date, but everyone is kink of putting them on the side, like they don't have it anymore. They still have it, they had it when this came out, and they've never fell off. Tha Dogg Pound, they were the some of the many kings of the west coast when this came out. And when thier album drops this summer, I don't think they'll be not the least bit short of that...

This is one of the best West Coast albums of all time...better yet one of the best HIP-HOP albums of all time. Daz and Kurupt proved alot with this album and anyone who says this album isn't classic, you don't know your history of music. This album is on the smae level as N.W.A.'s "Straight Outta Compton", both of Dre's "Chronic" albums, Snoop's "Doggystyle", Cube's first two albums, and so forth. In other words, go buy this album now!!

TOP TRACKS:

Dogg Pound Gangstaz

New York

Smooth

Cy-Co-Lik-No (Bitch Azz Niggaz)

Ridin', Slippin', & Slidin'

If you haven't heard of this album, you must not be a true g funk fan. It doesn't get much better than this. 1995 was probably the best year for rap, both east and west coast. And this 15-track album, Dogg Food, is one of the reasons why. The album sports 3 g funk classics. The first is the immortal "Let's Play House," which cannot be boasted about enough. It's still amazing, 11 years removed, and still sounds fresh. Blows anything today out of the water. Easily. The idea of using "London Bridge" as the sample must have been met with much laughter. Gangsta rap and a nursery rhyme?? And yet, they make it funky. This song is so versatile, perfect both for parties (dancing), or just cruisin' in the car. While "Let's Play House" boarders almost on pop, with very light lyrics ",Respect" boarders on hard gangsta rap. It's still very much g funk, but as the intro to the song explains: "call it [g funk] what you want, just don't forget the g." So while the attitude in "Let's Play House" is "keep it funky," the attitude in "Respect" is "keep it gangsta." Anyway, it's a classic, with a deep powerful baseline and hard lyrics. It's amazing how both ends of the spectrum are covered. And that Daz and Kurupt pull it off is even more impressive. Finally, "I Don't Like to Dream About Gettin Paid," is the third classic. Nate gets his croon on in this one that is second only to "Regulate." In both songs Nate is the backbone and what makes them so special.

Other memorable songs are "Doggz Day Afternoon," "Smooth," and "Big Pimpin" (which is way too short). I don't know what the big deal is about "New York, New York." The beat is weak and it departs from that pure g funk sound. The rest of the album pretty much goes like this as well, with less memorable beats. But hey, 3 classics and 3 near classics. Very few albums can boast this. Go out and buy it, before I start going on about "Let's Play House" again....

"Dogg Food" was basically the "Doggystyle" and "Chronic" for Tha Dogg Pound. The album is produced almost entirely by Daz and all mixed by Dr. Dre. Daz and Kurupt are the two major components that make up DPG, along with fellow rappers Snoop, Nate Dogg, The Lady of Rage, and other less known lyricists. Kurupt's rhymes are deadly and the beats put down by Daz are excellent, though Daz can't compete with Kurupt lyrically. Kurupt rips apart mics in every single one of these songs. The standout tracks are "NY, NY," "Smooth," "Cyco-Lic-No," and "Let's Play House" with the best song being "I Don't Like to Dream About Gettin Paid," with Nate Dogg on the chorus with a great hook. The songs that aren't up to par with the rest of the album are "If We All ***" and "Sooo Much Style." The rest of the records on the cd are just great. This is definitely in the same class as both Snoop's and Dre's first solo efforts. Death Row Records was at its height and this album proves it. I recommend this to any fan of West Coast hip-hop.

Magical and timeless, Dogg Food is beyond comparison from anything else I've ever heard. Tha Dogg Pound, a group that consists of infamous rapper Kurupt and upcoming producer Daz Dillinger, are an amazing and memorable duo. Bold and colorful, this album was recorded during the peak of Deathrow Records, one of the greatest hip-hop labels ever. With production from Daz Dillinger and Dr. Dre, this album is definitely one of the most amazing rap albums ever. Another thing that makes this album special is that samples are not used on this album. Instead, there are lots of live instruments to be heard; electric keyboards, rhythm guitars, percussion, and bass are all used to give this a fresh and original sound. Yet the best thing about this album is Kurupt. His raps flow with amazing accuracy. His style is the best that I've heard. Kurupt's smooth style mixed with the live instruments and Daz's producing expertise make this album a timeless classic.

The best tracks include the bouncing keyboard rhythm of "Dogg Pound Gangstaz", the amazing old school funk experiments of "Respect", the infamous New York diss, "New York, New York", the golden bright sunshine of "Smooth", which features a cameo from Snoop Doggy Dogg and great guest vocals from Val Young, "Cyco-Lic-No", which features Mr. Malik, a running track with a great beat and performance from Kurupt and Daz, the gently bouncing "Ridin', Slippin' and Slidin'", the clever heartwarming tales of "Let's Play House", the amazing "I Don't Like To Dream About Gettin' Paid", which features Nate Dogg and a couple of female back-up singers, the floor tearing "A Dogg's Day Afternoon", a cut where Kurupt rips up the microphone with a sterling performance, "Reality", a great track that features Tray D and a cool construction beat, and the great "So Much Style", which has lush keyboard trills and Kurupt and Daz trade lines. I sincerely apologize to anyone who is reading this review for my listing so many songs, it's just that there are so many great songs on the album worth mentioning I had to mention most of them. I love all the songs though but I can't mention them all because I'm talking about the standout tracks, and I can conclude this paragraph by saying this is a standout album.

In conclusion, this is one of my favorites of all time. Kurupt's 'Kuruption' might be a little better than this album. I would have to say 'Kuruption' is my all time favorite, but this is highly recommended. The very best tracks are "New York, New York", "Smooth", "Let's Play House", "I Don't Like To Dream About Gettin' Paid", "Reality" and "So Much Style". I recommend Kurupt and Daz!

Dogg Food is often an album that is overlooked when people talk about the Death Row Classics, but in 1995 Daz & Kurupt dropped this superb west coast album, that I still listen to today. Daz is in my opinion an excellent producer, by 1995 he was pretty much the main producer at Death Row, as Dre wasn't really doing much by this stage. He is responsible for most of the beats on here, additional production comes from DJ Pooh and Kurupt even does one song. Daz raps on most of the tracks and is an underated lyricist, but the main mc of the duo is obviously Kurupt, who is easily one of the best lyricists the West Coast has ever produced.

The album kicks off with Dogg Pound Gangstaz, which has an amazing beat with Kurupt adding some dope lyrics. Respect is also a great track and following that is the controversial track New York, New York, of course while on location shooting the video for this their trailer got shot up. My favourite song on the album is Smooth, with the laid back beat provided by DJ Pooh, also love Lets Play House ft Michel'le. Other notable tracks are Cyco-Lic-No, I Dont Like To Dream About Gettin Paid where Daz & Kurupt talk about the difficulties of going legit. Do What I Feel showcases Kurupt's lyrical ability, and A Doggz Day Afternoon and Sooo Much Style (surprisingly produced by Kurupt) are also great tracks. The second half of the album isn't quite as strong, but most of the cuts on here are at least OK.

Overall a great album, I think it eventually went Double Platinum, but it always seemed to me like people slept on this a little. Buy this, then check out some of Daz & Kurupt's solo work, D.P.G 4 L.I.F.E.

This cd is a classic West Coast album, Daz and Kurupt couldnt have better style on the mic. The beats are just nice, and you have to buy this cd as soon as you can. This cd was released in the best days of Death Row, right after The Chronic and Doggystyle, this one came out. And it follows in the classic footsteps of those 2 records. My favorite song on this cd is "I Don't like to Dream about gettin' Paid" Daz is just tight on that song and Kurupt is too, it's a little slower then the rest,but its tight, and it tells a cool story. The other best songs on here are "Let's Play House" "Dogg Pound Gangstaz" "Doggz Day Afternoon" "Smooth" New York New York" & "Cyco-Lic-No". This is a nice cd to have in your collection so go get it.

Daz and Kurupt make up the legendary Long Beach duo Tha Dogg Pound. 1995 was the year they dropped the album that further changed the game that The Chronic and Doggystyle did the 3 years before. The production on this album is 2nd to none and handled by mostly Daz himself (DJ Pooh, Soopafly, and Dre add some mixing and production as well), one of the best producers in the game. This album is some of the finest examples of G-Funk ever conceived. The sad thing, is that it took some time for it to grow on me before I was a more serious rap head like I am now. But I now recognize fully that this album is a masterpiece. My favorite jam is "I Don't Wanna Dream About Gettin' Paid" where Daz and Kurupt tell stories about trying to make it. Daz' verse is the best because he paints a nice picture about ditching a loser job to follow the drug trade to make faster scrilla. The beat is laidback, melodic, and soulful with Nate Dogg providing a nice backdrop in the hook. Daz and Kurupt can battle rap very well, a style often associated with East Coast rap. They do so against the Ruthless Camp on "Dogg Pound Gangstaz" over a hard mobbin beat. "Cyco-Lic-No" has one of the deepest and smoothest beats that are loud enough to blow ya speakers; just listen to the bass! "Reality" kicks in some trillness by DPG over another beautiful Long Beach style banger beat. "One By One" is another classic with an airy beat with both kicking serious flows. They battle rhyme with precision. Kurupt has a sick and fluid flow; he can flow complex, yet make it sound so easy. This album is a total testament of the Death Row legacy; better yet, it is a testment to the Long Beach rap legacy. Don't sleep. This album is the definition of G-Funk and why the sub-genre is so great.